Ajay Venkatesh

About Ajay Venkatesh

Provide end to end human resource advisory solutions to organizations keeping in mind the critical aspect of EX- Employee Experience. Expertise in change management, culture transformation, learning, high potential identification, succession planning, talent management, leadership development and other OD interventions along with business development. Apply data driven insights to build human resource process efficacy.Design EX - Employee Experience programs and manage implementation globally. SME in Psychometrics, talent/leadership assessment and development centers. Diversity and Inclusion specialist. Culture Transformation using AI based insights. Leadership Development : Design and deliver leadership interventions effectively for organizations in various domains like manufacturing, ITES, Tele Com, IT, Engineering etc. Trained on multiple talent assessment tools. Career and Succession Planning: I thoroughly believe that an organization that plans early, grows fast and steady. I have assisted organizations in deploying career and hipo identification programs for succession planning. Design promotion process, IJP, talent reviews etc. Building a strong employer brand and EVP for clients/org through innovative HR interventions and strong employee experience, strong focus on internal communication and internal branding for employee engagement, conducting team building workshops are my areas of interest.Diversity SME: Leading thought leadership on Diversity. Developing solutions to bridge the gender gap. Women Leader Development and other diversity and inclusion intervention designs.Other area of work :Develop key accounts and managing key accounts successfully, project management, P&L management, sales pipeline management and business building.Specialties: I strongly focus on Talent Potential Identification & development linking it with HR strategy and BUSINESS performance leading to TALENT VALUE generation. Current focus areas include Digitizing HR Best Practices and using technology to deliver talent value leading to great employee experiences.

Experience

1. Global Tech Learning Lead

   Accenture

   Feb 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   As a part of the Global Tech Learning and Leadership Development advisory team support our organizations tech learning strategy and bring learning in the flow of work to life for our people. As a department lead for Tech Infra Engineering and Software and Platforms, Cybersecurity, Tech Eco Systems Cloud platforms, chart the learning strategy aligning it with the business priorities. Work with business leads to understand future growth opportunities and assimilate skill demand. Align on success metrics for programs and work closely with various department leads and cababilty tower leads to bring the needed learning to life for our people.

Education

• XLRI Jamshedpur

  MDP - Advance Management in HR, Competency Modelling, Assessment and Development centers design and implementation

  2008 — 2008

• Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

  EPG CHRM, Human Resource Management

  2016 — 2017

• ICFAI

  Diploma in Business Management

  2009 — 2010

• Maharashtra Institute of Technology

  B.E, Electronics and Tele comm

  2000 — 2006

Skills

• Technical Recruiting
• Consulting
• Certified Competence Assessor
• Organization
• Change Management
• Organizational Development
• Employer Branding
• Performance Appraisal
• Hiring
• Deferred Compensation
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Trainer
• Talent Management
• Certified Psychometric Analyst
• HR Consulting
• Diversity & Inclusion
• Executive Search
• P&L Responsibility
• Management Consulting
• Training
• Personnel Management
• Employee Engagement
• Employee Relations
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Strategy
• Succession Planning
• Psychometrics
• Business Development
• Competency Assessment
• Human Resources
• Assessment Center
• Operations Management
• Sourcing
• Hris
• HR Policies
• Talent Acquisition
• Training Delivery
• Management
• Organizational Design
• Program Management